Re: Congratulations!jeff_duntemannApril 22 2008, 00:16:37 UTC
Not yet. We've pondered "Mr. Big" (or perhaps I should spell it "Mr. Beeg") after Boris & Natasha's shadowy spymaster boss from Rocky & Bullwinkle, who was big in an entirely different sense. "Mr. Biggs" comes easily to mind around here because of the Chuck-E-Cheese clone kid birthday party place of the same name, but that's not an association that makes much sense.
So it's an open question. We may have to take another ride or two somewhere before it tells us its name. We're listening.
Re: Congratulations!obreerboApril 22 2008, 02:24:10 UTC
I'd be tempted to call it Greased Pig, after the shuttlecraft in TCB. (Incidentally, I started playing EVE Online not long ago, and I used Greased Pig as the name for my first "newbie ship"...though I've long since set that one aside in favor of more powerful ships.)
Re: Congratulations!jeff_duntemannApril 22 2008, 14:57:07 UTC
It's interesting how many people thought I had made up the term "greased pig" after they read the novel. But no, it's a cultural phenomenon in rural America, and I named Sophia's shuttle the Greased Pig because it was fast, ugly, and hard to catch. Alas, the Bigfoot is not fast and very easy to catch. Whether it's ugly or not I leave for others to decide.
So, does it have a name yet?
Perhaps Galileo 7
-Jim
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So it's an open question. We may have to take another ride or two somewhere before it tells us its name. We're listening.
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